fianaiseach

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Irish

Etymology

From fianaise (“witness; presence”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

fianaiseach (genitive singular masculine fianaisigh, genitive singular feminine fianaisí, plural fianaiseacha, comparative fianaisí)

  1. evidential, bearing witness
  2. present

Declension

Declension of fianaiseach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fianaiseach fhianaiseach fianaiseacha;
fhianaiseacha²
Vocative fhianaisigh fianaiseacha
Genitive fianaisí fianaiseacha fianaiseach
Dative fianaiseach;
fhianaiseach¹ 		fhianaiseach;
fhianaisigh (archaic) 		fianaiseacha;
fhianaiseacha²
Comparative níos fianaisí
Superlative is fianaisí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fianaiseach fhianaiseach bhfianaiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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